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Am I the only one here that's just polite to libs in their life? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago by ButtBidet@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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As I often start my posts here, I'll say that I'm middle aged. I've been burnt by people with materially comfort and normie opinions far too many times. I didn't have a very warm relationship with my family, so much of my life was spent trying to find love through friendships. I'd do so much for my friend, only to see them ditch, betray, or sellout me. It happened time after time after time, well into the double digits. I'm not even exaggerating, I feel very resistant to forming close relationships with liberals.

Now I'm polite with liberals. And when bullshit starts, which it inevitable does, I'm not heartbroken the way I was in my 30s.

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[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

same here and i used to think it was just me being the black sheep of the family until i spent xmas with my cousins instead of my immediate family.

the main topic of conversation with my cousins' families was trump all xmas long while it was a taboo subject with my immediate family. the only thing that separates my immediate family from my cousins that is that most of us of are so white passing that we've married and started families w white people only; while my cousins are nowhere close to white passing and only married & started families w other brown people.

in retrospect, it should have been a portent that my siblings wouldn't join in on the trump bashing during the family reunions going back to 2016 and now i know why they stopped bothering to show up like i've stopped bother to show up to their gatherings.

the worst part of it for me is that i suspect that, if i too were white passing, i would be more aligned with them, since my father is not white passing, but is clearly aligned with them.